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House partially collapses in Lakeview

Several people were injured after a house being elevated partially collapsed in Lakeview.

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Updated: 6:25 PM CDT Sep 12, 2013

House partially collapses in Lakeview

Several people were injured after a house being elevated partially collapsed in Lakeview.

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Updated: 6:25 PM CDT Sep 12, 2013

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WEBVTT BEING RAISED.. COLLAPSED. FIVEPEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THEHOSPITAL. IT HAPPENED IN THE1-HUNDRED BLOCK OF MOUNDAVENUE.. THAT'S WHERE WE FINDWDSU ANCHOR RACHEL WULFF..ALL PARTIES INVOLVED ARE CALLINGTHIS A 'BIZARREINCIDENT.' BECAUSE THIS HOUSEHAD ALREADY BEENRAISED AND WAS SITTING FOR ACOUPLE MONTHS WHEN IT happenedEARLIER TODAY.THE COLLAPSE HAPPENED AROUNDELEVEN THIRTY ...WHEN ACREW WAS REMOVING WOODENSUPPORTS CALLEDCRIBBING FROM A HOUSE ON MOUNDAVENUE. THAT'S WHEN THEYHEARD A LOUD CRACK AND the HOUSESHIFTED TWENTY FEET. FIVE MENWERE TRANSPORTED--IN STABLECONDITION. ONEMAN HAD A BROKEN FINGER..ANOTHER A SUSPECTEDBROKEN LEG. THE FORMER SPLITLEVEL HOME WAS ELEVATED WITHFUNDS FROM THE HAZARD MITIGATIONGRANT PROGRAM.THE SUB-CONTRACTOR CHARLIEBRIMMER SAYS ENGINEERSHAD GIVEN THE APPROVAL TOELEVATE THE HOME INITIALLY..AND THE JOB HAD RUN SMOOTHLY.HE'S GLAD HIS CREWS FOLLOWEDSAFETY PROTOCOL ON THE JOB SITETO THE END.17:45:31 thank god.. They'vedone it enough times toknow..to clear themselves fromit or fall below the cribbingthat's left. That's why we don'ttake it all out at one time. wesimultaneously lower it downtogether. 43 take all thecribbing out together 45 fromside to side ..Just as a safetyfactor..those are calledsafety cribbing.49WITHIN AN HOUR CITY INSPECTORSWERE AT THIS HOUSE, THECONTRACTOR--AVN CONSTRUCTION HASTHEIR OWN INSPECTOR, ASDOES THE SUB--AND OF COURSE ..THE FEDERALAUTHORITIES 'OSHA' WILL ALSOCONDUCT THEIR OWNINVESTIGATIO INTO WHAT HAPPENED.WE'RE TRACKING THE TROPICS..THERE ARE A FEW AREAS THAT